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' G. B. HOWLAND.

GRAIN METER.

No. 429,589. Patented June 3,1890.

nishes the netnntin e\ It IS eonstrnetea in a, sixnple an eoin eietivel ne ensive in miner, lists the leimst oss b e oseillal. on co sistent with ro er o eration, and is alwa s under ooin lete eontrol, substantiall as hereinnfter fully deseribed, 11.1111 11111 trnted in the (Irawings, in vvllicl1 Fi ure 1 is n, side olevatioll ot ni ixzxell tion, showin the 1 i ht-llarld en "L gorL1oxltll0rQ- of in. vertieel long1t11 1il1rt1 an end elev'atiotx t'l'lel-eof, showin )nrts of the cl'oss-bzmr or the head-fraine 00; the ease broken :Lway. )si l 3 is :1, travilsverso vertieal central seetien of the .nnie, and Isig. is e d ail viev of the hear n s of the inetei lteterenee bein had to the (11 t\vix;gS, A re resent a Tlezlrly e lindrieel e ISO, vhieh 7 a 1 len th, OpeT-ing?) di y o osite of a len th so rovided \vit11 an inlet i e or o enin terin its to :lt about its center 0E an 1 is rovided \vitlx an ontle lnetl'icall ease are re lienrl 'lal'lle oteed b and :tre seeiired to whieh iii-e crust in one ieee elrlgle iron :Dhese flleaKl-frznrn s the t 1111 sverse in diaineter, 11(1 its s e the ends of this lo\vcst sides havin the les er 1'] Lt. 1110 11161.12 is filly into tvvo 0(1un1 nieesn lin -oi ertinent e and e b a vc 1'l i ;:l,l artition E, \vhicll, eoininenein at a, oint interseetin the eenter of the 10\\'@ se inent of the in eter ses disnietrieall end vertiesll throu h the n erniost )srt 0E eaeh eom artnient, reterehl alon side o1:

are inlct opcliiugsf iieh are or xvil'ltfli it little reater than the extellt of o cillatioll of the nieter, an 1 :tre, of a little greinlieaxtllnrrl 1:31:14; oi: o enin (a zinc ezlcll ot the eeni ertinents e and evided 'itfll outlet L 1* in the let sides I to facilitate the ieroutlet is o en,

7 the nieten escape of the g 11in \vlierl er I ban]' the lovvo): o: the artition vith sill-face a e inolined at 11/ suitaflolc iteh 011.1 the er tion to the naeeent 1ongit1l 1ilurt1 ed e oE'01)Qx1ing F wvhen tile ineter oseillntes, tie inlet ot first eorn ertinent e, and then or eoni ei ti ent e, \vill eoine direetl under the inlet (2. ot the case.

e necLin enti nll to the e didivided 'lhe rinei el 'lferttLlrQ 01: ni invention is the uutoinstie closin ol" the outlet 1* of the eoin iirtniont \vliese inlet f is under inlet the ease, and the zmtllloulzltlc o enin of he 01.11.1101; 1: o1? the cO]111)iLI"1x1011t vvllose inlet is not nnrler inlet a t ie cats-e. 'Lllis I easil aeeoni lish b rovidin ste -ivells c (e, nseinst vliicli the stri'niglll; (10 I) in \vhiell i xnade the outlet of the eorn ertnient whose inlet is under the inlet (L of the e tse strike. 11- 1;\vis so its to elIeetnnll elose the outlet F therein. 'lllcso V 1.11" G 211:0 )lilCeQI a corre, endin distance LEL'OIYL the vertiesl lane interseetin the eenter oscillsution of the (L of t iiorisontai nan e or the eross ear, and have a tovard the lo-est art thereof, the radius oi 95 thnnib-nnt II on it. OVCI' seie -threaded end. \'Iiic1l is reater .li lxx thc reinainder of the ei e By turnin these iints the rin s are ti litterior of the iine, iii eeinbiiiation vith ste ened or loosened, so as to re uire reater or walls Gr G, laeed an e nal di tanee on eaeli he free end or: side of a vertieal line intei-seetin the eeiiter -neh an at le that \vh n iee 10s ressure to be a lied to the lever to oseillate it donninard. ix ste 1', seenredto or made inte ral vith the stan 1- ards ust above the horizontal lane e levers g, revents their free ends frein fl in 1x \vard be ond a horizontal osition, no matter 01' said nieter and at said meter oseillate to the li n t o latien said strai ht side \ill lie flat a ainst the stop \\a11 to as to elose the o enin or ontlet 1s inade therein, as set forth.

ease A, havin an lxllct a hoiv ti ht the V 1 ina he rnade Pive otall seeiired e end o the iiiete et 0, stop\va,lls G, and

id levers, ataradiiis from the eeiiter sli gqltlv ivhieh the end ed es of the t greater than the free end of th lever theresQOLxl e 1, and \vhieh ha eress-bai- 0, mind is fr m, are the eseillatin eatehes IC X\'hen in eeiiihination \rltlx the meter o eillates, the eatehes on the side the exterior of irhieh i ie that is nio in n vard strikes a ainst the the sanie cix'clllnfczrence, esee tin the 45 end of the lever g on that side, and is S\ L1Xlg t se inent thereof, 'rhich is sli htl ontvard thereb nntil the sani \rhere reater in dianieter and has its ends eonneeted n en it ese to its nerinal ition strai ht s'de to the le ser eireninterenee, and eatehe end of Llle levei ust trnnnions e e, ei tendin frein the ends 01: the IXS abon 1 reaehe ie liinit ineter in ali ninent \\'itl1 its eenter of oseilla- "lie/x1 the tion and enrnaled in aid cx'oss bax and rin er 3r, pi-ogcctilig rrei'ii the end of sateinear the u er ed e thereof, as set 'llie eoinbinatien, with ease A, hav n iee e 0 015 its oscillation in that direetion re nis'te ineasnre of rain li fallen into the n erniost eoni artinent ot the nieter, the

re res are on lever g is so V to oseillate (10\"1L\\"LI J tl t releasin eateh inlet co and ontlet b, liead traiiie B, llllwlrlg 55 I :1n 1pern1itting said eeiii artinent to ein t3' i. IL-0111 vhieh standards (1 5 :ii se,

T eeenrs first on one side and then the of the oseillatin ineter D, vertieal artitions E, dividin said ineter longi hi Otlxel:

I erder to liinic the oseillation on the ineter, tndinali and eenti-all into t\vo (3(11131 col'll i= I also rovide the inner ed e of the n erse A iartinents, eaeh o1: \vhieh has an outlet 60 one oi: the head-fraines 3.; \vith 1;80 and an eiitlet 1?, as deserileed, and the oseil- 1n, 1, \v'Ilicl) are latin tninblei-s 1;, seeiired to he end 01: the a eori andi i distanee on either ineter eenti nons and \Nltll rezerenee to levers a vertical line interseetin the eenter y y, as and for the nr ose set forth. x30

ee 7 '1: ie eoinbinatien, tvith ease A, liav n s of the ineter, and are loeated a distan 6 eorres iendin to the eseillatien of said nieter. b 00 and ontlet b, head-fraines B, havin 1 re eetin rein the end of the nieter bct\\'ce11 ei-ess '11: c, Ixonl whieh standards g y arise, thes ln s is a stn 31, \vhieh sti-ilses a ainst levers coil sprin s and gagescl:c\"s 7a, of 

